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Incumbent president Muhammadu Buhari won his re-election bid, defeating his closest rival Atiku Abubakar by over 3 million votes. He was issued a Certificate of Return, [ 11 ] [ 12 ] and was sworn in on 29 May 2019, the former date of Democracy Day .
ABUJA (Reuters) -Nigeria's two main opposition leaders on Tuesday filed separate appeals at the Supreme Court challenging a tribunal ruling that earlier this month upheld President Bola Tinubu's ...
Atiku, a former vice president between 1999-2007, said Nigeria's electoral laws should be amended, including making electronic voting mandatory and requiring a candidate for president to garner ...
Muhammadu Buhari GCFR (Hausa pronunciation ⓘ; born 17 December 1942) is a Nigerian politician and retired Nigerian army major general who served as the president of Nigeria from 2015 to 2023. He was the military head of state from 31 December 1983 to 27 August 1985, succeeding Shehu Shagari following the 1983 Nigerian coup d'état.
Atiku took his campaigns to Katsina, visit Emir of Daura on 7 February 2019 [60] On 27 February 2019, Atiku lost the presidential election to incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari by over 3 million votes. [61] The appealed at the Supreme Court and described the election as the "worst in Nigeria's democratic history." [62]
With President Muhammadu Buhari having been elected to the office of president twice, he was ineligible for renomination. There was no formal zoning agreement for the APC nomination despite calls from politicians and interest groups such as the Southern Governors' Forum to zone the nomination to the South as Buhari, a northerner, was elected twice. [5]
Atiku Abubakar (born 1946) 29 May 1999 29 May 2007 8 years, 0 days People's Democratic Party: 1999 2003: Chief Olusegun Obasanjo: 12 Goodluck Ebele Jonathan (born 1957) 29 May 2007 6 May 2010 (Became President after the death of Yar'Adua) 2 years, 342 days People's Democratic Party: 2007: Alhaji Umaru Musa Yar'Adua: Vacant (13 days) Goodluck ...
Today show viewers have so far appeared to be impressed by the lineup of guests and temporary co-hosts that Jenna Bush Hager has invited to join her on the popular NBC news show’s fourth hour ...